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Bell's palsy is the most common cause of acute unilateral facial paralysis, accounting for approximately 60-75% of such cases. The right side is generally affected more often, i.e. 63% of the time. Although bilateral facial paralysis can also occur, the occurrence rate is less than 1% when compared to unilateral Bell's palsy, and it accounts for 23% of all conditions […]
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By Keynote ContributorDr. Alan MendelsohnOphthalmologist & Eye SurgeonEye Surgeons & Consultants, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Over the past few decades, there has been a substantial increase in the number of diabetics worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, the total number of diabetics rose from 108 million in 1980, to 422 million in 2014, with 8.5% of adults, age 18 years […]
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A growing pool of evidence suggests that Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) may share common pathological mechanisms, and that the presence of T2DM increases the risk of developing PD by 40%. Measuring blood sugar level. Image Credit: Neirfy / Shutterstock How is T2DM Connected to PD? PD, the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease, […]
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Skip to: Can Depression Increase the Risk of Dementia? Can Anxiety Increase the Risk of Dementia? Depression and anxiety can affect individuals across their life-course whereas dementia tends to typically affect older people. Depression and anxiety are common symptoms of dementia, but much less is known about whether depression and anxiety can actually lead to dementia. Image Credit: Photographee.eu / […]
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(HealthDay)—The prevalence of diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes varies by race/ethnicity and among subgroups within the adult Hispanic and non-Hispanic Asian populations, according to a study published in the Dec. 24/31 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Yiling J. Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues used data from […]
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A new study helps to explain the mechanism by which pancreatic cells secrete high levels of insulin during the early stages of diabetes. A central question in diabetes research is why cells of the pancreas, known as beta cells, initially over-secrete insulin. The prevailing theory was that the body may be in the process of becoming “deaf” to insulin, so […]
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Regulatory T cells (Tregs) prevent excessive immune reactions in healthy people. In the development of autoimmune type 1 diabetes, this protection is not sufficiently effective. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and LMU Munich have now deciphered a mechanism that impairs Treg differentiation and stability. In the study, when researchers inhibited the molecule that triggers this mechanism, an increased number of […]
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It is a generally accepted idea that good aerobic fitness reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes, and it has also been thought to protect against other obesity-induced adverse changes in the glucose metabolism. However, this idea is based on studies whose methodology does not allow a distinction between the roles of aerobic fitness and body fat percentage as risk […]
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An oncology researcher has made an unexpected contribution to the understanding of type 2 diabetes. In results published in Science Advances, Patrick Hu, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, found a protein that modulates a signaling pathway often targeted by cancer therapies is also required for insulin biogenesis. Hu and colleagues showed a protein controlling the […]
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A number of pregnant women in rural and remote areas may be missing out on being diagnosed with gestational diabetes due to problems with blood testing, according to new research by The University of Western Australia, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services and member services. Associate Professor Julia Marley from UWA’s Medical School said it was possible that two out three women […]
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